Liberal Arts

College of Liberal Arts

Representatives from Penn State’s Office of the Physical Plant and the College of the Liberal Arts collaborated to ensure the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building’s exterior landscaping include native plants and trees that pay homage to the Indigenous nations whose ancestral homelands now comprise the University’s campuses.

Native plants connect Welch Building landscaping to Indigenous traditions | Penn State University

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Representatives from Penn State’s Office of the Physical Plant and the College of the Liberal Arts collaborated to ensure the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building’s exterior landscaping include native plants and trees that pay homage to the Indigenous nations whose ancestral homelands now comprise the University’s campuses.

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Native plants connect Welch Building landscaping to Indigenous traditions 

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As spring arrives and gardeners prepare their beds, the Penn State Extension Master Gardener program offers timely support to help them succeed.

Penn State Master Gardeners plant seeds for gardening success | Penn State University

As spring arrives and gardeners prepare their beds, the Penn State Extension Master Gardener program offers timely support to help them succeed.

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Penn State Master Gardeners plant seeds for gardening success

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A new study uses modern techniques to revisit a foundational study in biology describing how ecologically similar species of wood warblers appear to coexist peacefully.

Foraging on the wing: How can ecologically similar birds live together? | Penn State University

A new study uses modern techniques to revisit a foundational study in biology describing how ecologically similar species of wood warblers appear to coexist peacefully.

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Focus on sanitation and clean water may improve control of endemic cholera | Penn State University

Public health strategies may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic — persisting in a particular location for an extended period of time — or a new outbreak, according to a new study. The study specifically highlights how long-term strategies like improving access to clean water and sanitary infrastructure could be particularly effective in locations where cholera is endemic.

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High school experiences linked to midlife body weight | Penn State University

High schools have long been recognized for shaping students’ futures. According to a new study by researchers from Penn State, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota, high schools may even contribute to how much a person weighs later in life.

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Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults | Penn State University

For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State Department of Biobehavioral Health and the Taipei Medical University Program in Global Health and Health Security. 

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Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults

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